Communication Standard
by Toufique Akbar Soomro
1. Industry groups promoting technology
2. Consortia
2.1. Companies and Institutions that are involved in similar things
3. Telecommunications Standards Organizations
3.1. International Standards Organisation (ISO)
3.2. IEEE
3.3. FCC?
3.4. NIST
3.5. TIA
3.6. ETSI
4. De Facto Standards
4.1. standards built by 'industry'
4.2. things we do because groups of us already do them
5. De jure Standards
5.1. standards published by standards authorities
5.2. standards that have been ratified and published as industry standards - IEEE, OSI, etc
